A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 121 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (75 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/04/16 / 2016-04-25 14:12:40 / April 25, 2016 @ 2:12 pm. Id of earthquake: us10005dvp. Event ids that are associated: us10005dvp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 139.4913 East, latitude -2.6478 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 23:12:40 / 11:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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